The Design and Develop Assessment Instruments book is now available. About this book:

The manner in which assessment instruments are designed and developed can have a direct impact on the performance of the students who write the examinations or do the practical assignments. Examination papers that are poorly designed and developed can cause students to fail. Students must be given a fair chance of achieving success in their examinations. We must ensure that students who work hard and know their work will succeed. Students must only fail if they do not know and understand the course content and not because of any external factors, such as poorly designed and developed assessment instruments. This book provides guidelines on how to design and develop assessment instruments that will facilitate fair assessment.

Topics covered include:

• The design principles of assessment.
• Concepts in design.
• Developing assessment activities.
• Developing subjective assessment methods.
• Developing objective assessment methods.
• Evaluating assessment design and development.

Related Unit Standard Number(s): 115755

Author: Nel, J.P.

Date Published: 2011-02-28

ISBN: 978-0-620-49790-9

Published By: Mentornet

Number of Pages: 254

R245.00

The Establishing a Positive Quality Culture in ETD book is now available. About this book:

Everybody knows that the quality of education, training and development (ETD) determines the quality of work that people do. In addition, students are always blamed when they achieve poor examination results, when poor quality ETD is often the real culprit. The problem is not that quality assurance of ETD does not take place. On the contrary, mos countries spend exorbitant amounts of money and time on quality assurance, unfortunately with disappointing results. The reason for this is that quality assurance in ETD is often done for the wrong reasons and with the wrong attitude. This book identifies the deficiencies in current quality assurance practices and suggests a constructive approach. Topics covered include:

• Approaches to quality assurance in ETD.
• Setting standards as a prerequisite for best practice ETD.
• The impact of delivery on the quality of ETD.
• The importance of leadership for quality ETD.
• Management of quality in ETD.
• The importance of human resources development for quality in ETD.
• The importance of cooperation for quality in ETD.

Related Unit Standard Number(s): 15191, 123400

Author: Nel, J.P.

Date Published: 2010-01-01

ISBN: 978-0-620-46492-5

Published By: Mentornet

Number of Pages: 280

R280.00

The Concepts and Procedures Governing the Recognition of Prior Learning book is now available. About this book:

It is an objective of the new National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS III) to afford people who seek to enroll on learning programmes without the standard entry qualifications the opportunity to have their skills acquired through experience measured against that which they require to attain. It is hoped that this drive will result in recognition for those who were denied access to formal and quality learning in the past. Some people need this recognition because it is the just and right thing to do; others will use the opportunity to gain access to further learning and a third group will benefit in the workplace through appointment for those who are unemployed, better remuneration and promotion opportunities for those who have jobs. This book explains what one can realistically expect from RPL as well as how RPL can be practiced in an effective and efficient manner. Topics covered inlcude:

• RPL defined.
• Current RPL practice and opportunities.
• RPL policies, procedures and plans.
• Providing RPL advice and support.
• Providing RPL to groups.
• Administration of RPL.

Related Unit Standard Number(s): 116587

Author: Nel, J.P.

Date Published: 2010-01-01

ISBN: 978-0-620-48532-6

Published By: Mentornet

Number of Pages: 196

R185.00